Pyrit + Cal++ (Radeon) How-To Guide (BT5R2 KDE 64bit)

[n3lson]

The old howtos don't work anymore, and the wiki article only uses plain OpenCL
CAL++ is up to 2x faster in pyrit, so here's how to get it working on RadeonHD cards.

This should work well for HD4000/HD5000/HD6000 series.
Unfortunately, HD7000 series are not supported.
For HD7000s, use ut0ugh1's updated OpenCL guide here

If you have already tried to get this working on your current install, the "leftovers" will cause this to fail.
Only works consistently on a CLEAN FRESH BT5R2/R3 install.

0.5: fix for libs install errors (thanks to adriancard) & update system

echo "deb http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution main microverse non-free testing" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
reboot

1: preparation - remove pre-installed Pyrit, update system, kernel sources & libs/tools

apt-get purge pyrit
rm -r /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/cpyrit
prepare-kernel-sources
cd /usr/src/linux
cp -rf include/generated/* include/linux/
apt-get install libroot-python-dev libboost-python-dev zlib1g-dev libssl-dev cmake libboost1.40-all-dev

2: download & install 09/11 drivers (dont use newer drivers, the SDKs we install after this will not like it)

wget http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-11-9-x86.x86_64.run
chmod +x ati-driver-installer-11-9-x86.x86_64.run
./ati-driver-installer-11-9-x86.x86_64.run
reboot

3: after reboot, install SDKs.
AMD added an "accept license" page to the SDK download, so first download SDK to default (home) directory from here:
http://developer.amd.com/Downloads/A...v2.5-lnx64.tgz

wget http://orwell.fiit.stuba.sk/~nou/amd-app_2.5_amd64.deb
dpkg -i amd-app_2.5_amd64.deb
tar -xvzf AMD-APP-SDK-v2.5-lnx64.tgz
./Install-AMD-APP.sh
echo "ATISTREAMSDKROOT=/opt/AMDAPP
export ATISTREAMSDKROOT" >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

4: installing CAL++

svn co https://calpp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/calpp calpp
cd calpp/trunk
cmake .
make
make install

5: and finally Pyrit

svn checkout http://pyrit.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ /tmp/pyrit
cd /tmp/pyrit/pyrit && python setup.py build && python setup.py install
cd /tmp/pyrit/cpyrit_calpp && python setup.py build && python setup.py install

there will be a bunch of warnings during complie, so long as there are no ERRORs all is fine.

test with:

pyrit list_cores
pyrit benchmark

ignore any Pyrit warnings, your RadeonHD devices should show up as something like:
#1: 'CAL++ Device #1 'AMD REDWOOD''

Happy crunching!